Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	according_a	judgement_n	law_n	2,705	5	4.6965	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75509	The apologie of the common souldiers of his Excellencie Sir Tho. Fairfaxes army. To him their noble and renowned generall, and to all the rest of the commission-officers. About which apologie the said armies commissioners were questioned, and imprisoned about two houres, by the House of Commons, the last of April, 1647. for delivering this apologie to their generall, and other of their chiefe commanders in London.	England and Wales. Army.	1647 (1647)	Wing A3558; Thomason E385_18; ESTC R201467	4,662	8

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